OK thanks so perhaps I should also try another backend then? What do other
mac users opt for?

ps. that works by the way.


John Hunter-4 wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:32 AM, mdekauwe <mdeka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It isn't any one script, if you did
>>
>> import numpy as np
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> x = np.arange(10)
>> for i in xrange(10):
>>    plt.plot(x)
>>    plt.savefig('x.png')
>>
>> it pops up the plot window even though I didn't ask it to. I don't get
>> this
>> functionality on a non mac system. So I wonder if it relates to the
>> choice
>> of backend
> 
> 
> I see -- so it is raising the window even w/o show.  This is a bug,
> but a minor one.  I suggest at the top of your script (before pyplot
> import) doing
> 
> import matplotlib
> matplotlib.use('agg')
> 
> if you only want to save hardcopy png -- macosx may not support
> offline rendering.
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